Get an in depth look at the available backup options. We cover the built in backup process, automated backups, as well as other backup strategies, including on-line, near-line, and off-line. This webinar presented by Keith Fileccia with Mendelson Consulting.
- The importance of a backup strategy (0:37)
- Why Backup (1:23)
- Data inside Acctivate is more valuable initial purchase cost
- Equipment failure (1:53)
- Ransomware (4:18)
- Employee down time (7:28)
- Data corruption (7:44)
- Peace of mind (9:00)
- Manual Acctivate Backup (9:22)
- Appended backup – full backup sets within the file each time
- File size of backup sets (10:00)
- Backup files could be larger than database size (10:15)
- Using a SQL Backup Agent (10:40)
- Automating the Acctivate Backup (11:32)
- Recommended number of days to keep as a backup (13:02)
- Creating a Windows task (13:42)
- Switches and arguments for Windows task (14:30)
- Follow the 3-2-1 Backup Rule (16:30)
- Rule #1: 3 copies of important data (17:21)
- Rule #2: 2 different formats (18:23)
- Rule #3: 1 offsite location
- Check, Monitor, and Verify (20:54)
- Live Questions (24:55)
- If keeping 7 days of backup, do you recommend overriding sets when using import data feature?
- Issues with One Drive and file names with special characters or large file sizes. What are other options? (26:07)
- How difficult is it to restore after a server crashes? What about workstation links? (27:25)
- How does the backup strategy change if the server is hosted? (28:56)
- Any advice on restoring databases to pull certain information out? (29:56)
- When will Acctivate implement a cloud backup? (32:40)
- Do you have any hosting provider recommendations? (33:36)
- Is there a way to archive Acctivate data? (37:07)
- Can you use Windows Task Scheduler to create a backup for QuickBooks? (38:34)